Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.

Today we'll cover a few more of the characters that the bash shell, your command line interpreter, treats as something other than what they look like - wildcards and more.

This is scratching the surface of some of the flexibility of the terminal interface, the command shell (bash) and ways to use it.

Come with me to understand more about how little there is to dread in the Command Line (or Terminal) Interface to your computer in Linux.

This is the first of several episodes where I discuss the terminal interface, or command line interface, and it's command shell, bash.  We start simple and move on to progress to some of the more powerful commands.  Today, it's just some basics.

We also cover briefly zeit and at/batch.  Command line oriented material.

Tell me what you'd like to hear about in the podcast.  This is a service for you - help me out.  Gie a listen and see what else you want to hear about.  My office is open! :-)

I'll explain one of the ways in which the command line can do things simply that might otherwise be more complex in a GUI.

I'm an old keyboard hack, so I love the keyboard, possibly more than the mouse.  However, there are many good uses for the mouse as well where the keyboard may be inadequate.  Tell me what you think...

This is a love story - ways in which the keyboard and the mouse can do for each other (and you) some of the things you may have thought only one or the other can do.  Enjoy!

In this episode I discuss what's good about both interfaces and some contrasting features of both.  Al though I profess to be far more proficient with the terminal, which is decades older than the GUI, I enjoy using both.  Each has their high points.

Most Windows apps don't run on Linux.  Options after upgrading include using a Windows virtual machine on top of your Linux installation, using the interfface layer known as WINE, or finding native Linux apps to substitute - and how to find them.

This episode also gives a brief introduction to hard disk formats and how this affects your installation.  We also explore briefly two other options for installing Linux on your Windows machine.

This is the first of two episodes on this subject.  In this episode, I'll discuss how to prepare for the conversion and then how to replace Windows with Ubuntu (specifically, though most Linux distro installs are pretty much the same for the whole desktop version).  In the next episode, I'll discuss installing alongside Windows and other possibilities.

I actually enjoy working and playing on my computer, and you can too.  This is alittle about what there is to love about working or playing on your computer.

In this episode I describe how files are mapped in a Linux file system in a simple, consistent access scheme, with contrast to how Windows is different in a few ways.

Dispelling the myths about how Linux has no GUI or an unfriendly one.

I've been asked this question many times - why do you use Linux at home?  In this episode I'll talk about what drew me to Linux, and it is all in terms that anyone today, even technophobes, can follow with ease.  As always, you can email me with questions or constructive feedback at LinuxForTheLayman@gmail.com.

In this episode, I go through a description of what Linux is, a brief history of Linux, what Linux can do for you and why not to get Linux. I describe operating systems and kernels, distributions and interfaces and three reasons not to use Linux depending on your needs. I give short previews of potential future episodes - how to use the terminal or command line interface and how powerful it is, di...